Photograph of Vegetable Hodgepodge for Burpee Seed Co.

Description:

Frederick Eugene Ives (1856–1937) was a brilliant man interested in patenting his ideas (the first in 1881), but not so much in licensing them. Ives's first three-color single exposure camera was patented in 1899. Over the next thirty years, Ives patented a variety of cameras and printing processes for color photography. After the Smithsonian hosted a show of Ives's photography company's work in late 1949 or early 1950, Associate Curator Alexander Wedderburn selected five prints for the color photography portion of the Photographic History Collection. This photograph represents the culmination of Ives's long series of patents and work with color photography.

Date Made: 1940s

Maker: Ives Color Processes, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaAssociated Place: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Credit Line: Ives Color Processes, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PG.004680Accession Number: 187952Catalog Number: 4680

Object Name: PhotographphotographOther Terms: Photograph; Color

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 8 7/8 in x 12 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-ba3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_554610

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